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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16
Rainy Weather Work.

While we do not believe in all work
and no play, or rest for either men or
boys, yet some provision must be
made to give employment for at least
part of the rainy weather encount-
cred every growing season. 1t should
be something not too laborious Or
monotonous, or it will discourage all
and lead to less industry during fair
weather. For farmers who own the
premises they occupy, there can 81
ways be considerable time occupied iii
work indoors, in making buildings
more complete and convenient. 1t is
better to be at such jobs as these at
home, helping the vile Or mother, than
strolling to the village store or hotel,
telling stories or playing cards.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16
Hens Around Barns.

1t is undoubtedly true that fowls
will lay better for having the range Of
barnyard, as both the exercise and
the scattering grain they may pick up
are excellent. 1t is best, as far as pos
sible, to compel poultry to earn their
living by hard scratching. Over feed.
ing with grain spread on the surface
of the ground or placed in tins to keep
it from the dirt is g. common cause OF
failure among amateur poultry keep
ers. The great drawback to keeping
fowls around barns is that they will
get access to hay, stalks and other
feed of cattle and horses and by soil
ing unfit them for feeding. On no &C.
count should they be allowed in horse
stables. They will often impudently
run over grain in feed boxes while
horses are eating, and fowls are never
over careful about soiling their feet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16
He Would Stick to His Certainty.

Dramatic Writer-Yes, sir, dramatic
writing is the most profitable branch
of literature.
Newspaper Reporter SO?
D. Certainly; you ought to try
it. am to get five thousand dollars
for the play am writing now.
n. R.-Down?
D. W.-No. If the piece is success
full.
N. RI guess I'll stick to my eleven
dollars q week. Coatrier.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16
1870

Now the question was, what did
these figures signify? To what did
they relate? The detective copied
them, took them away with him,
meditated over them far into the
night. He reached no satisfactory
conclusion. Next day he went to see
M. Bouloy.
Monsieur" he said, "what do you
take these figures to signify ?"
It in very hard to say" was the re-
ply. Gall that strikes me is that it is
an addition of II 400 and 27O francs. F"
"Under what circumstances would
you add figures togetherin that way?"
the detective asked.
M. Bouloy smiled.
"Ah," he said, chow could I tell,
wished to reach the amount of two
numbers?"
"When do you do it most frequent
ly, Monsieur +" was his next question.
"When am adding the interest to
the principal" was the answer.
"That is It'll" exclaimed the officer.
CHOW have it. One or the other of
those parties had 7,4OO francs on
deposit somewhere, and, on drawing
it they put the figures down and added
the interest. have clue at last. "
Roquepine went on a tour Of the
banks where deposits were usually
made. On this day in the Rue de
Maubenge he found a small private
bank, the cashier of which found that
Jan. 26, 1850, Nine. Fourcy had
drawn from the bank the sum of II,
400 francs, leaving on deposit 1887
francs, and that the interest due to
her on the Hhole deposit was 27O
francs and some confines.
"Where does Nine. Fourcy reside ?''
asked the officer.
cher address as given to us is No.
- Rue de Laval" was the answer.
"Did she usually come herself to the
bank?" asked the detective.
"She came herself, as a. rule, but
she was sometimes accompanied by q
young man." the cashier replied.
"Many thanks, monsieur" said
Roquepine, and departed.
Az he went along the street, he said
to himself: snow [ think I'm on the
track"
He went to the prefecture of police
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16
| SPANISH inventor, Senior

A SPANISH inventor, Senior Pun
ariega, proposes applying an electric
current to the body by novel method.
Flannel is impregnated with oxides of
iron. copper, zinc and tin, which are
excited by the perspiration of the body
and subject the latter to weak but
constant electric current.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16

DEFoREsT-'Whera did you learn
to make such mince pie, Mrs. Nc
Doodle? What tender recollections
it revives." Mrs. McDoodle ttenderlyl
-"Home and mother, l suppose"
DeForest-''No, not exactly that. 1t
reminds me of the dreams had las
night. New Haven News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16

TIE summit Of the great Mexican
volcano, Popocatapetl, is 1880 feet
above the sea. The crater, which is
completely obscured within by sui
phurous yapor, is about q miles in
circumference and LOCO feet deep.
The entire center of the top of the
mountain seems to be solid sulphur,
which is deposited at the rate of ton
q day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16
Bee-Raising in Russia.

DECREASING is carried on to 8, great
extent in Russia, the annual produc-
ton being valued at two and q quar-
ter millions of dollars. The expenditure
is chiefly made by the dominent Greek
Church, the ceremonies Of which re-
quire such a large consumption of wax
candles as to greatly favor this branch
of rural economy in Russia, and pre-
serve it from the incline to which it is
exposed in other countries, from the in
creasing use Of stearine, oil, gas and
other fluids for illuminating purposes.
The peasants produce wax so cheaply
that, Notwithstanding the consump-
ton of this article has greatly dimin-
ished abroad, it still continues to
form an Important item of the COM
mepce of the county; but the expor-
tation of honey has increased, In
consequence of the extended use of
potato syrup, which has also injured
the honey trade in the interior.
The rearing Of bees is now almost ex-
clusively dependent on the maDufac-
ture of candles for religious ceremo-
les, and on the consumption of honey
during Lent, it being then used instead
Of sugar by the strict observers Of the
lasts. The government encourages
this branch of rural industry, as af-
fording to the peasant an extra source
of income, and has adopted various
measures for the accomplishment Of
this end. With the view of diffusine
the requisite knowledge among the PEG.
pie of the public domain. bee.hives and
a. co1raa Of rora ctica Instruction ,1pop
the subject Of bee culture have been es
tablished at several of the crown farms
and pupils are sent every year, aJ the
expense of the government, to the
special school i'll TschernWo W, founded
for the purpose in 182S.-America1
CuItivator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16

decomposition of the corn stalks. Mil
let makes a better green crop than
corn. Whatever summer crop is grown,
except clover, should be followed by
winter rye to shade the land and to
furnish a crop to plough under the
next spring. It should be the aim of
the farmer to have his land exposed
to the sunshine as little as possible,
always keeping some crop growing on
it, thus drawing as much as possible
from the air.
Glover sown in the spring may be
ploughed under the next spring, or il
the land is in fair condition it may be
permitted to grow and one crop har.
vested, and when the second crop is
grown, plough it under and SOW winter
rye, to be ploughed under as late in
the spring as the land can be spared
before wanted to plant, in this way in
two years three crops can be ploughed
under and one crop harvested, or in
one summer and two winters two green
crops can be ploughed in. Land thus
treated will be in q good condition tC
produce crops eight or ten years, with
only concentrated fertilizers to enrich
it.-Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16
PIoughine In Green Crops.


Light sandy land that is enriched
entirely with concentrated commercial
fertilizers will produce better crops, if
one year out of every eight or ten be
devoted to growing green crops, to be
ploughed under to furnish the soil with
vegetable material. When it is de-
cided to do this something is gained
il Immediately after harvesting the
crop in the autumn, winter rye be
sown; this will cover the ground before
winter sets in, and thus protect the
land, and as soon as spring opens it
will be in condition to make g. rapid
growth When it gets we'll up it should
beploughed under and the land seeded
with clover, this being one of the best
crops to enrich the land with one of
the most important materials for
plant growth; both the roots and tops
of clover being very rich in nitrogen,
and AS it draws all of this Indirectly
from the air, whatever is ploughed in
is so much gained to the soil. Some
claim that g. good crop of clover tops
and roots will furnish to the soil as
much nitrogen as can be purchased
for 800. If this is really true farmers
had better raise clover to plough in
than to pay Ii cents g. pound for nj
trogen. The COW pea is said to be g.
good crop to grow to plough under,
but as we have had no experience we
cannot speak of it from our own knowl
edge. Formerly buckwheat was used
to plough in green, but this has gone
out of use as g. rule. Indian corn fur
nishes q. large amount of material to
plough in, but we have never been full
~ satisfied with this crop; for some
reason other crops do not grow as
we'll after it as after clover, or in fact,
many other crops; the land indicates
that an acid has been formed by the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-16
How Fast Hogs Nav Increase.

One reason why the price of pork va
ries so rapidly In response to g. full
corn crop Is because no kind of corn
stock can be multiplied so often as
the hog. A good breeding SOW of ma
ture age can be bred three times with
in a year, and at the end of the first
twelve months the SOW pigs of the first
litter may be, and usually are, set to
breeding. Allowing chit pigs to g. lit
ter, which is q fair number for q good
SOW, the original one will have increased
twenty-five at the end of the first year.
Young sows will not give so many
pigs, but by the time the first litter
drop their young, the second litter OF
sows will be ready to breed, and there
may be another litter of pigs from the
original parent of the entire stock. II
the SOW ever grows too old to
breed nobody has learned how old that
is, though they commonly become ug.
ly or mischievous after they are three
or four years of age. 1t is evident that
with plenty of feed, and winters mild
enough not to interfere with breeding,
there is scarcely any limit to the in.
crease which may soon be made from
hogs, provided the price ofpork shows
any profit in the business. We are
less in danger of permanent scarcity oil
pork products than of any other kind
o. meat. If it we're not for the preva.
lence of hog cholera, and the especial
liability of animals bred in large mum.
bers to this disease, there would be al.
most certainty of a constant glut
on the pork market. There are enor-
nous areas of country where growing
corn and turning it into pork would
be, but for disease, the most profta-
BILE industry that farmers could follow.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
Belgian Riots.
New York Herald.


The strike in Belgium, the progress of
which has been reported by the CONNER
cia1 Cable, is a very painful and disas-
trous affair. Ire force of the miners is
daily increasing, as are also their des-
peration and violence.
This movement has been conducted by
methods which would not be tolerated
by the laboring classes of America In
our 'longshore strike tens of thousands
of men held out, but they did it in gen
orally praiseworthy and orderly way,
thereby winning for themselves the SYM
pathy of the community.
In Belgium, en- the other hand, brute
force is an important factor in the solu-
ton of the difficulty. Cudgels, weap-
ons of various other kinds, and even
dynamite, are used recklessly and de-
family. The strike is of the volcanic or
der. 1t is a miniature revolution. with
the bloody characteristics of such an
event. Socialism has shrewdly made
use of its opportunity, inflamed the pas
sions of the men and supplied them
with the resources of civilization"
Say what you please. gentlemen, the
workingmen of this country are honest
and clear headed. They know what
they want and they are going the right
way to get it.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
Another Tragedy.
Jasper Time.


On Monday last Mr.. Shepherd Davis.
the clever and gentlemanly book-keeper
of f. j. Baker at the Enterprise Still
found one or two of the negro hands
gambling. and asked them to quit and
go to work. Ned Martin. who was noted
as hard character, followed Mr.. Davis
to his house cursing, ETC.. and was heard
to say to Davis that no damned white
man could boss him. Mr.. Davis or
dered Martin away from his house.
when further cursing was INDUCED IN
by that party. A pistol shot rang out on
the air then another. until a perfect fusi-
lade was fired. at the en1 of which Mr.
Davis was found dangerously shot i'm the
face. near the mouth, the bail "a number
A caliber) being cut out the back of the
neck. He still lies in critical condition
Martin fell in the road about 200 yards
from the house, pierced by three pistol
balls. He did not live long, and was
buried by his colored friends Just where
he died, without even being put in a
coffin
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
That insignificant Cent.

1t is almost impossible to attach any
Importance to one cent; but at the same
time. it is a very important coin at times.
1t will take a circular to California, and
it will make you madden than a halter
and a March hare combined. when you
go to pay your fare on a horse car and
find that YOU have but four cents and a
$40 bill. Then will the wanting cent
seem colossal. Especially when you
see the conductor fold your SO bill and
stow it carefully in his vest pocket, and
then begin to deal you out lot of change
that looks as though it had been in cir
culation since the Revolutionary war
One cent is very small when you present
it to an organ grinders monkey, but
when it is added to the rate of interest
You resolve On a stock, it possesses .
stern magnificent grandeur that GaTries
you away like a strain of music
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
Palatka's New Charter.

The letter from Tallahassee which we
print ON this page, to-day, gives the his
tory of the amended charter of this city
and the charter itself. 1t will be noticed
that the instrument is much shorter in
its present shape than when it was intro
duced in the Legislature. It's provisions
are plainly to be understood. They are
such as the progressive citizens of Pa
latka demand, i'm order that this city may
be enabled to carry out those plans of
Improvement which meet their judg
ment and which are the most pressing
needs of the day, good streets, sewers and
whatever else essential to n city. For
this purpose the city may issue bonds.
Palatka must go ahead. Posterity,
which will reap the fruits of the exer-
tions to be made in the next few years
in the way of causing Palatka to be a
more cleanly and healthy city, as well
as one more desirable for the tourist and
the citizen, must pay a part of the bill.
When the bonds mature the benefits de
rived from the judicious expenditure of
the money raised by the sale of these
bonds will, expressed in u money valua-
ton, far exceed the principal, while the
payment of the interest will not be felt
in the increasing volume of Palatka real
estate and the enlarged value of bust
ness, which will follow the applica-
ton of this stimulus.
Section seven allows the city to value
the property within its corporate limits
through the City Assessor, at Its fair
and reasonable valuation" This cuts the
city authorities loose from the county
assessment and is essential if the city is
to issue bonds for improvement purposes.
How often this valuation shall be made
the charter does not specify. 1t can be
made annually, if the city's growth war
rants it. Thus, as in the conduct of his
business by an energetic merchant, one
years increase may be made a part OF
the principal upon which the next years
Improvement is based
The division of the city into ward.
and the provision that the Aldermen
forward in the march of improvement
the effects of which will be seen in the
future good government of the city anC
the satisfaction of its citizens. 1t is {
step in the direction of Home Rule, il
will give each part of the city a chanc,
to be heard in the counsels of the mum
cipal directors.
These are the leading provisions of tn,
new law under which Palatka will con
duct its affairs as a city, when it shall
have received the sanction of the Cover
nor. Those of our citizens who desir
the growth of the city, its development
as a distributing point and depot 70
South Florida and as manufacturer,
city, will feel grateful to Messrs. Hin,
and Lamar for their kindly and ener
getic services in securing the passage o
this charter. Its quick amendment an,
rapid passage in the amended form
through the Legislature are examples o
healthy energy not to be forgotten. l
is part of the newborn force which
inspires Palatka since the organization
of the Board of Trade, and is a new
illustration of the power there is in con
cert of action.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
THE MANIA FOR ORGANIZATION.
Crab Catching Society WayIaying Scab
Fishermen-Vhat Next?


A very short time since, Mr.. c. b.
Chandler noticed lot of little colored
boys, whose ages ranged from seven to
twelve years, hiding behind fence on a
road leading to Wright's mill. He also
noticed that they tried to avoid being
seen by him, but he went toward them,
and found each one armed with a good
sized stick
What are you doing there" asked
Mr.. Chandler.
We'll, Mr.. Charley" said "A spokes-
man for the crowd, ives waitin' here
for a niggah W ats been sellin' crabs for
10 cents a dozen; ives got a s'ciety, an
we put de price % crabs up to 20 cents a
dozen, an we gwine glib dat niggah de
debbil"
Mr.. Chandler said no more, but walked
on, Illuminating. doubtless, on the extent
to which the mania for organization has
gone.
1t has not been learned that the s'ciety
boys caught the ''scab," but it looked
pretty bad for the poor fellow when the
gang was last seen, and he doubtless got
| a thrashing if the union men found him.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
The Converted Captain.
New London Day.

During the progress of a powerful re-
vival of religion a boisterous old captain
was ''struck under the conviction I'M
der the preaching of Elder Swan. an &C.
centric revivalist. At midnight the pro-
tracted meeting closed and the elder sent
the Captain to his boarding place with
the injunction to pass the remainder of
the night in solitary prayer. During tine
period he was seen by the people of the
house on his knees, with the hot tears
bathing his bronzed face. ard overh,.; r l
in his prayer as follows: .'Oh
Lord-thou knowest l have been one of
the - - that ever sailed deep
water. Thou knowest have been one
of the d-t scoffers that ever struck a
whale. Thou knowes: have raised -
from Genesis to Revelation" etc. etc.
The Captain was received into the
church. and he ever after exemplified
the life of Christian. OF his conversa-
ton the elder quantity said: HE was
struck under conviction by one of the
church's heaviest. harpoons, and lowed
into the heavenly port, and we found in
the old fellow an abundance of the oil of
faith
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
A New Theory Of the Cause of the War.


DIR. Deems has solved the problem of
the war. With a logic that is more novel
than cogent he proves that it was the in
evitable result of ''climatic influences"
which So differentiated the North from
the South that they were actually com
PEELED to fight, don't you know? Why, it
it is as plain as pike staff. and the won
der is that so simple and self-etident a
proposition has never been visible to the
naked eye until now. OF course! The
whole difficulty was caused by the wet
season of the North coming into contact
with the sunny South and creating spon-
taneous combustion.
Well, we have an imperative duty to
perform. We must Immediately fence
in our climate, for it will never do to let
it run about loose in that sort of way
We shall have to get out a license, muz-
zle it and then lead it around with a
string like dog. Our Western cyclones
ought to be fitted with patent steering
| apparatus, for if they should get headed
for South Carolina the climate influ-
| ences" might ''differentiate" and make
the people of that State so mad that
they would capture Washington before
| we could call out the Seventh regiment
DIR. Deems is an eloquent clergyman
| and, when he talks seriously. a fine
| humorist.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
A j journalistic Freak.

Some time ago Ex-senator Hearst. Of
California, made his son managing esii-
stor of the San Francisco Examiner.
The young mau is graduate from Har-
ward. and the first thing he did was to
give out that none but college graduates
could work for him. Well the San Fran
cisco E.rdminer is about the strangest
freak in American journalism to-day
Here are some sample headlines taken
Ave Imperator,' "Jubilation,' ..Thes-
piana,- lola Podrida.- ..Perturbed,
'.ConsecratedT and ..EmpyreaL." Sing
ularly enough the leading editorial in
this same paper is entitled international
Aquatics.'
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
The Pen is Mightier Than a Club.

NfVksbtirg tUitIIIitFtIstI-IftIstitt'
The Jackson Mississippiaa alludes to
US as ..miscreated wretch spewed up.
utterly Infamous and degraded and
so on.
Let's see. was any of its near rela-
tives in the penitentiary for crimes Pos
sibiy ex-United States District Attorney
Lea could give the public some inforIna-
ton on this touching subject. ~
WIN somebody tell us what the s.Nadir
of infany" is? The Jackson Misxissip-
plan says we've got it. and if it's any
thing serious we want to have it treated
Charles E. Wright, the kissing COM
bination of a hyena and a snake, is the
way the Jackson Mississippian gets it
of, when it is just mad enough to black
guard it's best, but not quite mad enough
to fight.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01

In the English yacht race, yesterday,
the contesting yachts came over the fin
ishing line closely together, the Thistle
and Trek being but three minutes apart
and the Genesta close behind. The chan
mel race VIII tell whether the challenger
for the Queens Cup, otherwise known as
the America Cup, the Thistle, has devel-
oped any greater speed than the Genesta.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01

Major Ben: Perley Poore, the veteran
Washington correspondent, who died at
midnight, Saturday, had been journal
list forty-seven years. He began his ca
reer as editor of a newspaper in Athens,
Ga, in his twenty-first year.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01

The Popes words in his late allocution
are interpreted as signifying that he will
not be reconciled to italy until his tenn
poral domain is restored to him. 1t is
not likely that Italy will pay such price
to be reconciled with the Vatican.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01

While both the city and the State have
provided guardians of our health, who
are to work in harmony, it is understood,
vet each citizen should constitute HIM
self Board of Health ON his own prem
ises to carry out the suggestions made
by these counsellors.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01
Which suffers Most.

Young Editor Hearst's determination
: that none but Harvard graduates shall
work ON theiSa Francisco Era,aiser is
saowly but surely depriving Western
horse car companies of their most
talented drivers.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-01

The damage to the Britannia, from its
collision with the Celtic, amounts to
so, 900, it is reported